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Not surprisingly for an election season, there continues to be a rising crescendo of comments and counter-comments about the agreement entered into with Avions Dassault to get 36 Rafale fighter aircraft. Some explain the...

LT GEN D.B. SHEKATKAR is the man behind the Army’s ongoing efforts to downsize its troops. In 2016, he headed a committee that suggested ways to trim, redeploy and integrate the armed forces. Excerpts...

After a delay of six years, Union Environment Ministry has given its approval to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to establish infrastructure facilities for strategic surveillance system, including land-based long-range missile facility at...

At the recently concluded visit by a high-level defence delegation from UAE, `Made in India’ Akash surface-to-air missile system (SAM) was high on the agenda. Sources confirmed to FE Online that the delegation led...

Lost in the din of public discourse about the depleting (fighter) squadron strength of the Indian Air Force, is the equally dire need of combat enablers, without which the IAF would be severely handicapped...

With the projected delivery of the indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) by the Cochin Shipyard where the IAC is being fitted out, scheduled for 2023, the Indian Navy could be eyeing the fifth generation aircraft...

Defence PSU HAL, grappling with delayed fund release from its budgetary allocation and depleting order book that has has resulted in its cash-in-hand dip to as little as Rs 1,000 crore, has its hopes...

At the recently concluded visit by a high-level defence delegation from UAE, `Made in India’ Akash surface-to-air missile system (SAM) was high on the agenda. Sources confirmed to FE Online that the delegation led...

Highlights Barak-8 is a long-range surface to air missile jointly developed by India’s DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries. Barak-8 could be crucial to the Indian Navy . Russia’s S-400 missile system can engage up...

Pakistan on Wednesday go ahead with sale of three JF-17 Thunder aircraft— a lightweight, single-engine, multi-role combat fighter jet—to African country Nigeria for a sum of $184.3 million. As per details acquired, the Economic...